Just recently a corporation came to us with a significant website problem.
When visitors arrived at the main pages of the website they saw nothing untoward. But something dangerous was happening in the background.
Unwanted pages were being created automatically without the company’s awareness. These pages recommended:
- Online gaming & betting sites
- Adult-content sites
- Dubious products and/or services
- Spam and perhaps dangerous external links
It was all unconnected with the business of the corporation.
How was the problem found?
The undesired pages were not in the website’s main navigation. At first, then, the corporation knew nothing of their existence.
The problem started when Google search results started showing unrelated titles and links of dubious legitimacy.
Google search with: site:companywebsite.com displayed various pages the business hadn’t constructed.
This was a big problem because when people searched for the company, they could see gambling and adult-related content associated with its domain.
We Removed the Pages – but They Kept Coming Back
First, our team
- Removed unnecessary backlinks & pages
- Reviewed site files recently modified
- Verified installed plugins and themes
- Removed unused plugins
- Updated website components
- Defaults to admin credentials
- Installed extra security protection
- Website scanned for harmful files
The site looked normal again after the cleanup.
But after some time, fresh unwelcome pages began to appear.
The trouble was the same.
Why Did the Problem Come Back?
The problem was only half dealt with by deleting the undesired pages.
It was like if you cut down the limbs of a tree you didn't want but left the roots in the ground.
There may still be a backdoor, malicious code or unresolved security vulnerability within the website files, database, plugin, theme or hosting environment.
This covert access may have allowed attackers to come back and automatically produce new pages with gambling, betting and adult-content backlinks.
Install a security tool to assist detect and block threats. But if the initial source of the hack stays unknown, it may not be able to properly clean an already infected website.
What Will Be The Impact On The Business?
It was more than just a technological problem. It could have a direct effect on the company's reputation and its growth.
Possible implications were:
- Inappropriate pages appearing on the company domain
- Loss of customer confidence in the firm
- Real pages dropping in Google ranks
- Site being reported as dangerous
- Redirection to malicious websites
- Lost customer inquiries and sales opportunities
- Search engines remove affected pages from their search results
Any professional company will be seriously damaged in reputation if gambling or pornographic content is affiliated with its domain.
The Long Term Solution
Deleting the same undesired pages over and over again was a stop-gap approach at best.
After analyzing the website’s architecture, third-party dependencies and reoccurring security issues, we advised on rebuilding it on a modern technology architecture.
The new technique would offer:
- Reduced need for third-party plugins
- More control over the coding of the site
- Enhancement of security architecture
- Improved website loading speed
- Easier to service
- Improved long-term scalability
A well-built plugin-based website may be kept secure by professional development, frequent updates and constant monitoring.
But if you keep being reinfected, layering on plugins or security measures could not fix the initial issue.
A Fast Check For All Website Owners
Go to Google and search: site:yourwebsite.com
Please check all results carefully.
If you find gambling, betting, pornographic content or any page not created by your firm, act immediately.
Remove the pages you can see only. The entire website environment needs to be examined, such as:
- Files of sites
- database entries
- Themes & Plugins
- Accounts with Administrator privileges
- Access to hosting
- Tasks scheduled
- Logs of the server
- Search engine results.
AnraOne assists companies to discover website security issues, delete dangerous information, retrieve hacked sites and reconstruct old platforms on secure, scalable technology.
We don’t only build websites. AnraOne We build safe digital platform for company growth.
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